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Getting Started, Due Monday, May 23rd.
For these next lessons, you will work with a group to create a wiki about your chosen topic. Then, later, we will share the project with the class where we can all learn from each other's work.
Working As A Team
Working As A Team
Learning Objectives:
To work as a team in creating a project
To explain the importance of your concept to your classmates, meeting at a minimum, the following:
Indicate which parts of charges will repel and which will attract.LH
Explain what factors affect strength of an electric force.LH
Describe the characteristics of the electric field due to a charge. LH
describe how batteries are sources of voltage TS
explain potential difference and how it works TS
define and calculate resistance, current or voltage if given the other two TS
distinguish between conductors, superconductors, semiconductors and insulators TS
use schematic diagrams to represent circuits AK ✓
distinguish between series and parallel circuits AK ✓
calculate electric power using voltage and current
explain how fuses and circuit breakers are used to prevent circuit overload
Sign up below for individual sections of the text.
Student
Responsible
Section number
Section name
Logan
Section 1
Electric Charge and Force
Tyler
Section 2
Currents
Andrew/Trevor
Section 3
Circuits
How You Will Be Evaluated: For 20 points you need to sign up for a section and read that section in the text.
Welcome to Your Electricity Wiki!Getting Started
Need Help?
Getting Started, Due Monday, May 23rd.
For these next lessons, you will work with a group to create a wiki about your chosen topic.Then, later, we will share the project with the class where we can all learn from each other's work.
Learning Objectives:
- To work as a team in creating a project
- To explain the importance of your concept to your classmates, meeting at a minimum, the following:
- Indicate which parts of charges will repel and which will attract.LH
- Explain what factors affect strength of an electric force.LH
- Describe the characteristics of the electric field due to a charge. LH
- describe how batteries are sources of voltage TS
- explain potential difference and how it works TS
- define and calculate resistance, current or voltage if given the other two TS
- distinguish between conductors, superconductors, semiconductors and insulators TS
- use schematic diagrams to represent circuits AK ✓
- distinguish between series and parallel circuits AK ✓
- calculate electric power using voltage and current
- explain how fuses and circuit breakers are used to prevent circuit overload
Sign up below for individual sections of the text.Responsible
How You Will Be Evaluated:
For 20 points you need to sign up for a section and read that section in the text.